Improper Input Validation The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package tomcat7 (opens in a new tab)
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- published3 Oct 2016
- disclosed3 Oct 2016
Introduced: 3 Oct 2016
CVE-2016-1240 (opens in a new tab)Amendment
The Ubuntu security team deemed this advisory irrelevant for Ubuntu:18.10.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream tomcat7 package and not the tomcat7 package as distributed by Ubuntu.
The Tomcat init script in the tomcat7 package before 7.0.56-3+deb8u4 and tomcat8 package before 8.0.14-1+deb8u3 on Debian jessie and the tomcat6 and libtomcat6-java packages before 6.0.35-1ubuntu3.8 on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS, the tomcat7 and libtomcat7-java packages before 7.0.52-1ubuntu0.7 on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, and tomcat8 and libtomcat8-java packages before 8.0.32-1ubuntu1.2 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS allows local users with access to the tomcat account to gain root privileges via a symlink attack on the Catalina log file, as demonstrated by /var/log/tomcat7/catalina.out.
References
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2016-1240
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/539519/100/0/threaded
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3669
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3670
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-1240
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40450/
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201705-09
- http://legalhackers.com/advisories/Tomcat-DebPkgs-Root-Privilege-Escalation-Exploit-CVE-2016-1240.html
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20180731-0002/
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0457.html
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0455
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0456
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93263
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036845
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3081-1
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/170857/Apache-Tomcat-On-Ubuntu-Log-Init-Privilege-Escalation.html
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40450